Angela Priestley

When Deborah Wilson was leading a large Sydney-based recruitment company, she sent an email to her 500-plus workforce outlining her intention to raise awareness of domestic violence.

According to Treasurer Joe Hockey’s logic, if you’re a woman you’re less likely than a man to drive a car – or to at least not be driving very far in it.

We’re supposed to be making progress when it comes to women’s workplace participation, representation and equal pay.

As a self-confessed “power geek”, the events of the last 48 hours which saw a prime minister removed by some of the same people who put her in the position three years ago, couldn’t be more relevant to Rose Herceg.

Philanthropy is not only for “rich, old, white guys”.

It’s not every day that you get to have lunch with some of the country’s most successful businesswomen — including entrepreneurs and leaders representing organisations as diverse as Norton Rose, the CSIRO, Caltex and Airservices Australia.

Words can hurt.

When it comes to handling the increasingly complex business environment we’re in, joint Pottinger CEO Cassandra Kelly has some advice for the world’s most powerful leaders in the lead up to the G20 Summit later this year.

Stories of women pursing a passion by launching their own business are everywhere.

It’s hardly news to report there’s a significant lack of women IN the news, especially when it comes to expert sources quoted in the financial press.

As a child, almost all the dentists, doctors, physiotherapists and other professionals Nadia Badawi visited were female.

A panel discussion or interview with a leading businesswoman inevitably ends up on the question of ‘work/life balance’.